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'''Nizar Wattad''' is an American screenwriter, producer and hip-hop artist.<br />
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Wattad graduated from the [[George Washington University]] in 2002 and worked as a journalist. Wattad began his ongoing collaboration with [[Hany Abu-Assad]], the Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning film director of ''Paradise Now''.<br />
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He was recruited by Walt Disney Pictures to write the screenplay for the company's first Arabic language film, ''[[The United (film)|The United]]'', which was released by Touchstone in 2012.<br />
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==Music==<br />
Wattad and his younger brother Bader began freestyle rapping while growing up in [[Johnson City, Tennessee]]. They formed The Philistines, and in 2003 released an album, ''Self Defined'', with lyrics reflecting a wide range of contemporary issues, notably the situation of the [[Palestinians]].<br />
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Wattad continued to perform alongside his long-time friend and colleague Omar Chakaki (Offendum), with whom he co-produced the ''NOMADS vs Philistines'' mixtape in 2006. They have also collaborated with HBO Def Poet Mark Gonzales on the spoken-word performance-lecture ''Brooklyn Beats to Beirut Streets''.<br />
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==References==<br />
* {{IMDb name|4572557}}<br />
* [http://www.film.jo/node/257 Sundance/RAWI Lab Announcement]<br />
* [http://www.elon.edu/e-net/Article/55966 Elon University Article]<br />
* [http://www.wiretapmag.org/stories/42893/ WireTap]<br />
* [http://electronicintifada.net/people/nizar-wattad The Electronic Intifada]{{bsn|date=December 2024}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.nizarwattad.com Official website]<br />
* {{IMDb name|4572557}}<br />
* [http://imeu.net/news/article00597.shtml Institute for Middle East Understanding profile]<br />
* [http://revoltradio.blogspot.com/2010/06/re-volt-radio-interviews-nizar-wattad.html Re-Volt Radio Interview]<br />
* ''[http://www.humanwritesproject.org Brooklyn Beats to Beirut Streets]''<br />
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